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...middle of an open space in the aforesaid settlement, there stood a thin, gaunt specimen of mankind, holding in his hand a weather-beaten hunting-case watch, whose virtues he was expounding thus: "My friends, I would call your attention to this elegant silver watch; but before asking for a bid I will give you a short history of its career, and show you some of its good points, so that you may see that you have a veritable treasure in your midst. In the first place, let me tell you that this beautiful timepiece was ordered by Lord Gladstone...
...near-sighted person a large hand is of great utility, and vice versa, each person being able to find a hand according to his eyesight. Take the reverse side of the watch. By a graceful and easy pry with my thumbnail I open the cover. Let me here call your attention to this patent nail arrangement. It is so constituted that, by the act of prying the cover, a portion of the nail is removed, and you will readily see that by changing fingers in opening the cover, all necessity of cutting one's nails will be avoided, thus saving...
...habits I have observed among the learned youth of this great country; for you must know that in this country the youth are very wise, while the old men are they who seek to gain knowledge. I was much pleased and astonished last week when I attended what they call a recitation. The young men, having investigated some branch of learning, enter the room prepared and eager to impart their knowledge to the professor. They seat themselves upon two chairs apiece, using one for their feet, and when they have become quiet, the professor looks sharply at each youth...
...perfect right to criticise, in a courteous manner, any line of conduct that seems unjust; but it has no right whatsoever to insult an instructor who may have displeased some portion of the men in his elective. Both the matter and the spirit of the article in question call for the severest reproof from all who have any desire that our College journalism shall at least be free from the element of vulgarity...
...crook out your elbows; you part your hair in the middle; you brush it down flat upon your temples (such foolishness as school-girls only used to be capable of); you never by any chance confess an interest in anything except tennis and Germans. Indifference, I believe you call it. But goodness preserve me from such a disposition! it is but a form of insanity which would in the end bring us back to the condition of barbarians; their indifference is but the acknowledgment of ignorance. The less a man is indifferent to the subjects brought up before...